Olga Molinero

Olga Molinero
University of Leon | UNILEON · Institute of Biomedicine - IBIOMED

PhD

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Introduction
Olga Molinero currently works at the Institute of Biomedicine - IBIOMED, Universidad de León. Olga does research in Sport Psychology, Education Sciences and Injury prevention and Readaptation.
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December 2019 - present
University of Leon
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  • Professor (Associate)
March 2019 - present
University of Leon
Position
  • Lecturer
October 2013 - March 2019
University of Leon
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  • Lecturer

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Publications (98)
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic affected older adults worldwide. Sedentary older adults experienced more severe adverse health effects due to their shelter-in-place. Physical activity was strongly recommended during periods of social distancing. The present study evaluated the impact of a virtually supervised exercise program on the physical fitne...
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The term Relative Age Effect (RAE) refers to the advantages youths born in the first half of the year have as compared to the ones born in the second half, as a result of their greater levels of physical, psychological and emotional maturity. The main purpose of this study was to verify if Relative Age Effect has an impact on amateur football or if...
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Grit is defined as the tendency to pursue long-term goals with perseveranceand effort, despite adversities or failures. In the context of sports, its effect has been studied using the original Short Grit Scale (Grit-S) without any adaptation. The aim of this study was to analyse the psychometric properties of Grit-S and to adapt to a sample of amat...
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The age difference among individuals of the same group is known as Relative Age. Relative Age Effect refers to the consequences derived from it, such as delayed physical, cognitive and mental development of children born later in the year. The aim of this study was to observe the Relative Age Effect by analyzing players’ dates of birth throughout t...
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Running has gained many devotees over recent decades, thanks to its capacity to maintain and improve health; however, the accessibility and certain characteristics of this pursuit facilitate the appearance of some kind of negative health consequences. Nowadays, running is one of the most popular amateur sports, and it is thought that its excessive...
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The crawl flip turn is one of the essential components of the swimming tests, and it is the technical skill that a swimmer must perform to carry out the change of direction of displacement at the moment he reaches the end of the pool. The main aim of this research was to design and implement a specific training program that would improve the techni...
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Osteoarticular diseases are one of the effects of aging, and they are related to physical, psychological, and social functions. Physical activity seems to slow the start and progression of these kinds of illnesses and presents benefits for psychosocial health. The main aim of the study was to investigate the possible effect of physical activity lev...
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Present study examined resilience level, dispositional optimism and coping strategies as predictors of stress-recovery levels and the correlation aspects associated. 91 swimmers, aged between 13 and 29 years (M = 15,73, SD = 2.62) participated filling in the following battery of questionnaires: the Resilience Scale (RS), the Life Orientation Scale-...
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Antecedentes: Los socorristas acuáticos están obligados a utilizar diferentes materiales de salvamento, sin embargo, existe una carencia de estudios de tipo cuantitativo que señalen las ventajas e inconvenientes de la utilización de cada uno de ellos. Objetivos: Determinar, a través de un estudio cinemático cuantitativo, cuales son las ventajas e i...
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Resumen. La práctica de ejercicio físico implica la utilización de gran cantidad de recursos energéticos. Para poder seguir rindiendo a nivel deportivo como para tener la energía suficiente para poder satisfacer las demandas derivadas de la actividad cotidiana se requiere de una adecuada recuperación, especialmente cuando hablamos de personas que n...
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Resumo A adição ao exercício tem-se transformada em uma das preocupações de maior re-levância na sociedade atual, convertendo-se em uma situação em que as pessoas perdem o controle, chegando a manifestar comportamentos compulsivos (Szabo, Griffiths y Demetrovics, 2016). Duas das variáveis que são responsáveis por moldar o surgimento do comportament...
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Resumen: Con la presente investigación se busca principalmente establecer un perfil de ansiedad, estrés y estados de ánimo del Personal Especialista en Extinción de Incendios Forestales (PEEIF) o bomberos forestales tanto a nivel general como en situaciones de emergencia. La muestra se compuso de 24 sujetos a los que se administró una batería de cu...
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The concept of the relative age effect refers to the consequences of the physical and psychological differences that may exist between those born earlier or later within the same calendar year. The objective of the present study was to examine this phenomenon in Spanish professional soccer, identifying the influences of the competitive level and th...
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Objective: To implement the Prevent Injuries and Enhance Performance Program (PEP Program) on a female soccer team, and to evaluate the evolution dynamic stability and knee flexion angle when landing like risk factors for Anterior Cruciate Ligament rupture by indirect mechanism. Method: 19 players participated in the study (19.82 ± 3.54 years), div...
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Instrumento validado para la evaluación de las Características Psicológicas relacionadas con el Rendimiento Deportivo, específico para deportes de montaña.
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In recent decades, the teaching of sports in general and of football in particular, has evolved from a traditional technique-based approach, into something more flexible and adaptable to both the needs and characteristics of the player and above all, to the changing nature of the game itself. The aim of this research is to analyze the influence of...
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Practice of endurance sports/activities has gained most devotees over recent decades, thanks to its capacity to maintain and improve health. However, their characteristics and accessibility have facilitated the emergence of addictive behaviors. Excessive practicing can lead to adverse physical and psychological effects seriously prejudicial to heal...
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The aim of the present research was to observe the relative age effect on professional soccer players of the ten best leagues of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), according to the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics). The sample consisted of 5201 professional players who participated in the professio...
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p>The aim of this study was to describe the anxiety responses and coping strategies used by competitive judokas of different sex category, level of performance, experience and age category. The sample was composed of 58 competitive Spanish judokas. They completed a battery of test composed by a socio-demographic questionnaire, the CSAI-2R and the I...
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El objetivo del estudio es adaptar el cuestionario "Características Psicológicas relacionadas con el Rendimiento Deportivo" (CPRD) para deportistas de montaña (CPRD-M), con el fin de disponer de medios específicos para el análisis de factores psicológicos, en este ámbito deportivo. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 497 deportistas, de siete modalidad...
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Identificar las características psicológicas de los deportistas, como la resiliencia y el optimismo, así como la percepción que tienen de los entrenamientos y competiciones nos permite conocer mejor aquellos aspectos que les acerquen a un estado óptimo de rendimiento. Nuestro objetivo fue analizar si la carga interna de entrenamiento influye en los...
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Psychological characteristics in swimmers from Río Esgueva Sport Performance Centre
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Resilience is an important construct in sport because athletes must constantly withstand a wide range of stressing factors to attain optimal performance. The aim of this study was to analyze how the resilient profile influences the recovery-stress levels of competitive athletes. Participants were 235 subjects (126 males and 109 females), aged betwe...
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La capacidad individual del deportista para controlar el estrés percibido y recuperarse de manera óptima de las cargas de entrenamiento, puede estar mediado por un perfil resiliente y optimista disposicional, a su vez relacionado con la utilización de determinadas estrategias de afrontamiento ante un evento deportivo en concreto y el rendimiento en...
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Resilience is important in sport performers to withstand the pressure they experience. This study analyzed the relationship among resilient qualities and coping strategies in 235 Spanish athletes (126 males, 109 females; M age¼20.7 yr) who practiced different sports (79.1% team sports, 20.9% individual sports). They were evaluated at the beginning...
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La capacidad individual del deportista para controlar el estrés percibido y recuperarse de manera óptima de las cargas de entrenamiento, puede estar mediado por un perfil resiliente y optimista disposicional, a su vez relacionado con la utilización de determinadas estrategias de afrontamiento ante un evento deportivo en concreto y el rendimiento en...
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RESUMEN La percepción de estrés elevada, asociada a estados negativos e inadaptativos del deportista, podría estar mediada por factores integrantes del constructo de la personalidad resiliente que, a su vez, podrían influir en el tipo de estrategias de afrontamiento empleadas para hacer frente a las situaciones de estrés. El propósito de este estud...
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El estudio tiene por finalidad, contrastar los efectos que tiene sobre diversos gestos técnicos del futbolista (conducción de balón, regate, golpeo de balón con la cabeza y golpeo de balón con el pie), un programa de entrenamiento técnico y otro de entrenamiento táctico. Para ello en el estudio ha participado una muestra de 76 jugadores de 6 y 10 a...
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La percepción de estrés elevada, asociada a estados negativos e inadaptativos del deportista, podría estar mediada por factores integrantes del constructo de la personalidad resiliente que, a su vez, podrían influir en el tipo de estrategias de afrontamiento empleadas para hacer frente a las situaciones de estrés. El propósito de este estudio fue a...
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The construct of resilience, defined as the capacity to cope and adapt, in a positive way, to highly stressful situations has been studied for more than 60 years ago. However, it seems that only in the last two decades Psychology of Sport and Exercise has led a justified and special interest on it. That is why the demand for these researches that a...
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The construct of resilience, defined as the capacity to cope and adapt, in a positive way, to highly stressful situations has been studied for more than 60 years ago. However, it seems that only in the last two decades Psychology of Sport and Exercise has led a justified and special interest on it. That is why the demand for these researches that a...
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El papel de la mujer es trascendente en la formación y educación de hábitos de una vida saludable. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar los estilos de vida de las mujeres de la localidad de Ocuilapa de Juárez del municipio de Ocozocoautla, en Chiapas, México, en función de la edad. La muestra fue conformada por 754 mujeres rurale...
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La enfermedad coronaria es una de las principales causas de morbilidad y mortalidad en el mundo y se asocia con importantes consecuencias emocionales y sociales. La actividad física parece ralentizar el inicio y la progresión de las enfermedades cardiovasculares pero también presenta beneficios sobre la salud psicosocial. El presente estudio tiene...
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The role of women is significant in the training and education of healthy lifestyle habits. This research aimed at determining the age-related lifestyles of local women of Juarez de Ocuilapa, of the municipality of Ocozocoautla in Chiapas, Mexico. The sample was comprised of 754 rural women aged 16 to 80 (M + Sd= 38.63 +13.96). The study used the L...
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The purpose of our study is to analyze the motivational differences between soccer 7 and soccer 11. Participants were of 183 male players from three soccer clubs, aged 8 to 18 years. They were administered a Sociodemographic Questionnaire, the Motivational Orientation in Sport Scale by Weiss, Bredemeier y Shewchuk, (1985), the Task and Ego Orientat...
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Coronary artery disease is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the world and associates with important emotional and social consequences. Physical activity seems to slow down the start and the progression of the cardiovascular illnesses but also presents benfits on psychosocial health. The present study is amied to analyze the rela...
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Introduction: The female athlete triad (FAT) is a serious health-related problem that threatens women who exercise. This condition is an interrelated multifactorial syndrome which includes low energy availability, menstrual cycle disturbances and decreased bone mineral density. Objective: To review the major components of the FAT and their relat...
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess a social support intervention among rural women from Chiapas and its ability to change lifestyles, self-concept, and Metabolic Syndrome (MS). Methods: A convenience sample was conducted among older than 16 yo women from a marginalized rural community from central Chiapas. Two questionnaires w...
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Enjoyment should be a value derived from the strategies developed during the sport learning stage. For this reason, we aim to determine which model of teaching-training soccer could engender greater enjoyment in young players. 101 players aged between 6 and 12 years have been consulted about the fun associated with technical training, defined as ar...
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Introduction/Aim: Tiredness and exhaustion in athletes have been classically related with mood states (2), affecting in a negative way and even reducing competitive performance. Morgan et al. (3) defined better known as Iceberg Profile, which represents characteristics of a psychologically healthy person, in other words, an athlete with good succes...
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Introduction/Aim: Overtraining phenomenon,which produces a decrease of the sports performance (1), is an increasing topic in the last years researches, but its variability during a competitive season, makes necessary the development of longitudinal studies focus on differencies depending on internal and external variables (2). The purpose of the pr...
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Enjoyment should be a value derived from the strategies developed during the sport learning stage. For this reason, we aim to determine which model of teaching-training soccer could engender greater enjoyment in young players. 101 players aged between 6 and 12 years have been consulted about the fun associated with technical training, defined as ar...
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El estudio tiene por finalidad, contrastar los efectos que tiene sobre diversos gestos técnicos del futbolista (conducción de balón, regate, golpeo de balón con la cabeza y golpeo de balón con el pie), un programa de entrenamiento técnico y otro de entrenamiento táctico. Para ello en el estudio ha participado una muestra de 76 jugadores entre 6 y 1...
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El objetivo del estudio es evaluar situaciones relacionadas con el sobreentrenamiento (RESTQ-Sport, Kellmann, y Kallus, 2001; González-Boto et al., 2008c) en el contexto deportivo, e identificar su relación temporal con las modificaciones en los estados de ánimo (POMS, McNair y cols., 1971; Balaguer et al. 1993) y la posible influencia en la aparic...
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The aim of this study was to assess situations related to overtraining within the context of sport (RESTQ-Sport, Kellmann and Kallus, 2001; González-Boto et al., 2008c) and identify its temporal relationship with mood state disturbances (POMS, McNair et al., 1971; Balaguer et al., 1993) and its possible influence on the appearance of imbalances bet...
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Se han demostrado grandes diferencias en el nivel de actividad física, entre mayores que viven y no viven institucionalizados, siendo más sanos y con una mejor capacidad funcional estos últimos (Noro y Aro, 1996). Fomentar la práctica de ejercicio físico e incrementar la capacidad funcional de los institucionalizados se hace fundamental para mejora...
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This research is framed in the context of applied sports psychology more specifically within the framework of motivation. The objective was to analyze the relationship between perceived physical ability and perceived motivational climate in Physical Education classes, taking into account the variables of gender and type of school, in a sample of st...
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La presente investigación está enmarcada en el contexto de la psicología aplicada al deporte, más explícitamente dentro del marco de la motivación. El objetivo del estudio fue analizar la relación entre la habilidad física percibida y el clima motivacional percibido en clases de educación física, teniendo en cuenta las variables género y tipo de co...
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ResumenLa Teoría de la Autodeterminación (SDT), conceptualizada por Deci y Ryan, aporta el marco para entender cómo puede estimularse la toma de decisiones con un efecto positivo sobre la salud a largo plazo. La SDT postula que la conducta intencional del ser humano puede describirse a través de procesos de motivación intrínseca e internalización....
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The aim of this study was to analyze changes in selected biological and psychological variables in a group of top level kayakers along a 42-week training season. Eight top junior sprint kayakers (age=16.8±2.1) (5 men and 3 women) with international competitive experience participated in the research. During the 42-wk season the subjects were tested...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze substance abuse and health self-perception in children and adolescents from the province of Cádiz (Spain). Methodology: Participants were 738 students, 50.9 boys and 49.1% girls, from elementary school to high school (1st to 12th grade, mean age 12.2. years), who responded a Spanish adaptation of the...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze substance abuse and health self-perception in children and adolescents from the province of Cádiz (Spain). Methodology: Participants were 738 students, 50.9 boys and 49.1% girls, from elementary school to high school (1st to 12th grade, mean age 12.2. years), who responded a Spanish adaptation of the...
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This study investigated effects of a 9-week intensified aerobic training and 3-weeks of recovery on signs of overload in 9 healthy active young males. Blood and saliva samples were collected and psychological questionnaires were administered during baseline (T1), intermediate load (T2), maximal load (T3), and recovery (T4) periods. Maximal oxygen u...
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The aim of this study was to analyze substance abuse and health self-perception in children and adolescents from the province of Cádiz (Spain). Participants were 738 students, 50.9 boys and 49.1% girls, from elementary school to high school (1st to 12th grade, mean age 12.2. years), who responded a Spanish adaptation of the Health Behavior in Schoo...
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The purpose of the present study is to obtain basal information from a sample of athletes participating in a large longitudinal study on psychological aspects of overtraining, Participants were 141 athletes, of both sexes and a range of age from 18 to 24 years (mean: 20.8±2.4 years),. Subjects answered the Spanish version of the Recovery-Stress Que...
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The purpose of the present study is to obtain basal information from a sample of athletes participating in a large longitudinal study on psychological aspects of overtraining, Participants were 141 athletes, of both sexes and a range of age from 18 to 24 years (mean: 20.8±2.4 years),. Subjects answered the Spanish version of the Recovery-Stress Que...
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La Teoría de la Autodeterminación (SDT), conceptualizada por Deci y Ryan, aporta el marco para entender cómo puede estimularse la toma de decisiones con un efecto positivo sobre la salud a largo plazo. La SDT postula que la conducta intencional del ser humano puede describirse a través de procesos de motivación intrínseca e internalización. La moti...
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The aim of this study was to monitor biological markers of inflammation and oxidative stress, mood states, and recovery-stress states throughout an entire season in male handball players. Fourteen handball players (age 20.1±2.5 years) with a regular training and competitive background in handball (11.0±3.7 years) from the same club volunteered to p...
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The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate a Coping Inventory for Competitive Sport (ISCCS), establishing its psychometric properties and its dimensional structure. Participants were 306 athletes from different sports, aged between 14 and 28 years (45.7% males and 54.3% females), who completed the ISCSS along with other measures of constru...
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El objetivo del estudio fue adaptar y validar un Cuestionario de Estrategias de Afrontamiento en Competición Deportiva (ISCCS), estableciendo sus propiedades psicométricas y su estructura dimensional. Participaron 306 deportistas de distintas modalidades deportivas con un rango de edad de 14 a 28 años (45,7% hombres y 54,3% mujeres) a los que se ap...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze some characteristics of health-related behaviour in school children at the province of Cadiz, centering on engagement in sports and physical activity, and on dietary habits. Methodology: Participants were 738 students, mean age 12.2 years, from primary school o high school. 50.9% were boys and 49.1% g...
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The aim of this study was to analyze some characteristics of health-related behaviour in school children at the province of Cadiz, centering on engagement in sports and physical activity, and on dietary habits. Participants were 738 students, mean age 12.2 years, from primary school o high school. 50.9% were boys and 49.1% girls, who responded a Sp...
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El propósito del presente estudio fue investigar la existencia de diferencias en los niveles y pautas de práctica de actividad física mediadas por la participación deportiva y el día de la semana en una muestra de adolescentes españolas (N = 177, edad 11-16 años) a las que se aplicó la adaptación española del Four-by-One-Day Recall Physical Activit...
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This study investigates differences in physical activity levels and patterns by participation in sport and day among early and mid-adolescent Spanish girls (N = 177, aged 11-16 years) who responded to a Spanish adaptation of the Four-by-One-Day Recall Physical Activity Questionnaire. The results indicate that the girls spent most of their time enga...
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A large number of recreational and elite athletes use nutritional supplements in hopes of improving performance. These aids can be costly and potentially harmful, and the advertised ergogenic gains are often based on little or no scientific evidence. Due to the lack of regulation of the dietary supplement industry, an abundance of supplement produc...
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El objetivo del presente estudio fue identificar las razones para el abandono en jóvenes jugadores de fútbol y comparar los motivos de abandono con los descritos en practicantes de otros deportes colectivos. Los sujetos (150 varones y 159 mujeres, con edades comprendidas entre los 14 y los 18 años) respondieron la versión española del Questionnaire...
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To manage the stressors they face in competitive settings athletes must develop a range of cognitive and behavioural coping skills. Athletes who use maladaptative coping strategies or fail to interpret sport-related events accurately and to react in a rational manner, will experience chronic stress that frequently leads to reduced performance quali...
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A large number of recreational and elite athletes use nutritional supplements in hopes of improving performance. These aids can be costly and potentially harmful, and the advertised ergogenic gains are often based on little or no scientific evidence. Due to the lack of regulation of the dietary supplement industry, an abundance of supplement produc...
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El objetivo del estudio es investigar, en una muestra de personas ancianas, si el nivel de actividad física está relacionado con el bienestar psicológico y si el nivel de depen- dencia tiene algún papel moderador en la relación entre bienestar y actividad física. La muestra estaba formada por 151 sujetos con edades comprendidas entre 60 y 98 años q...
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El objeto del presente estudio es evaluar las diferencias en el gasto energético en la práctica de actividad física durante la jornada escolar y durante los fines de semana, y su relación con la autoestima en chicas adolescentes. Participaron 175 chicas entre 11 y 16 años, que cumplimentaron la Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg, la Escala de Habili...